Google Maps

[Guest bbawden]

Help please!

On MCR R9. As already reported, installing Google Maps from Market doesn't work.

I rebaked a ROM with Maps excluded, in order to download the latest version. It still didn't install.

In the meantime Paul updated R9 with the latest version, so I baked a new ROM with it in, but it still doesn't install maps.

Can someone tell me how to fix this? Do I need to issue some adb commands?

[Guest bbawden]

I think it's related to the fact that it thinks Street View is installed already. I cannot uninstall it though.

[Guest bbawden]

Can someone help with this please? I really need to get maps back on the phone.

[Guest EddyOS]

It's an issue with the ROM, you'll have to get the ZIP, remove the existing Maps apk and replace it with the new one and the rezip the ROM and flash it - should work without a wipe

[Guest bbawden]

It's an issue with the ROM, you'll have to get the ZIP, remove the existing Maps apk and replace it with the new one and the rezip the ROM and flash it - should work without a wipe

OK, I'll try that. But I already baked a fresh ROM from the kitchen and it just won't install the maps app.

[Guest EddyOS]

It won't due to the ROM, it doesn't allow the update to be installed...

[Guest bbawden]

It won't due to the ROM, it doesn't allow the update to be installed...

Sorry, perhaps you misunderstand. I'm not downloading from the Market. I've baked a ROM with maps in it, but it won't install the app.

[Guest bbawden]

OK, this is odd.

If I use adb to remove Maps.apk and Street.apk from system/app the phone will not boot - it hangs on the HTC logo. I also cannot flash R9 in that condition. I get an error when it comes to format SYSTEM.

If I push Maps.apk and Street.apk back to system/app I can flash R9 again and the phone will boot, but Maps is not listed under the apps and I cannot install it from the apk file directly.

Am I going to have to do a wipe?

[Guest zombiefly]

OK, this is odd.

If I use adb to remove Maps.apk and Street.apk from system/app the phone will not boot - it hangs on the HTC logo. I also cannot flash R9 in that condition. I get an error when it comes to format SYSTEM.

If I push Maps.apk and Street.apk back to system/app I can flash R9 again and the phone will boot, but Maps is not listed under the apps and I cannot install it from the apk file directly.

Am I going to have to do a wipe?

this issue is really annoying with the MCR roms. It's been a problem now for months. I'm now looking to move to another ROM which doesn't have this issue. :)

[Guest ManOfSteal]

There have been market issues generally (not because of the ROM), I'm using MCR9 and have just updated Google Maps no problem.

[Guest aidfarh]

OK, this is odd.

If I use adb to remove Maps.apk and Street.apk from system/app the phone will not boot - it hangs on the HTC logo. I also cannot flash R9 in that condition. I get an error when it comes to format SYSTEM.

If I push Maps.apk and Street.apk back to system/app I can flash R9 again and the phone will boot, but Maps is not listed under the apps and I cannot install it from the apk file directly.

Am I going to have to do a wipe?

I don't guarantee that this will work, but here's something you can try. In recovery mode, use adb shell to move Maps.apk and Street.apk from /system/app to /data/app. Then reboot the phone and uninstall Google Maps, which will be possible since now the apks are in the data partition.

[Guest gavinlew]

I don't guarantee that this will work, but here's something you can try. In recovery mode, use adb shell to move Maps.apk and Street.apk from /system/app to /data/app. Then reboot the phone and uninstall Google Maps, which will be possible since now the apks are in the data partition.

Tried that - just puts the phone in a bootloop

[Guest Elbereth]

I also updated Google Maps to 4.6.0 from Market this morning without any problem whatsoever and I never did a wipe between MCR versions.

[Guest gavinlew]

Tried that - just puts the phone in a bootloop

From adb logcat

D/PackageManager( 176): Scanning package com.google.android.apps.maps

D/PackageManager( 176): Shared UserID com.google.android.apps.maps (uid=10037): packages=[]

E/PackageManager( 176): Package com.google.android.apps.maps has no signatures that match those in shared user com.google.android.apps.maps; ignoring!

W/PackageManager( 176): Package couldn't be installed in /data/app/com.google.android.apps.maps-1.apk

D/dalvikvm( 176): GC_EXPLICIT freed 34320 objects / 1471248 bytes in 135ms

[Guest gavinlew]

From adb logcat

D/PackageManager( 176): Scanning package com.google.android.apps.maps

D/PackageManager( 176): Shared UserID com.google.android.apps.maps (uid=10037): packages=[]

E/PackageManager( 176): Package com.google.android.apps.maps has no signatures that match those in shared user com.google.android.apps.maps; ignoring!

W/PackageManager( 176): Package couldn't be installed in /data/app/com.google.android.apps.maps-1.apk

D/dalvikvm( 176): GC_EXPLICIT freed 34320 objects / 1471248 bytes in 135ms

got it working by following this (on a linux system)

sudo adb shell rm /data/app/Maps.apk

sudo adb pull /data/system/packages.xml packages.xml

(now edit packages.xml with your favorite text editor and remove the maps entry)

sudo nano packages.xml

sudo adb push packages.xml /data/system/packages.xml

(then shutdown and start back up!)