Google Play Services on Xperia 10 III Sailfish 4.4.0.64 (now 5.0.0.76)

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[root@Xperia10III gist-installgapps-mount.sh]# ./installgapps-mount.sh 
Searching for MindTheGapps-13.0.0-arm64-*.zip in /home/defaultuser/Downloads
Using /home/defaultuser/Downloads/MindTheGapps-13.0.0-arm64-20231025_200931.zip
Extracting MindTheGapps
Merging stock system_ext with GApps overlay

Done. Start AppSupport — first boot will be slow (dex compilation).
Monitor with: appsupport-attach /system/bin/logcat

To uninstall:
  rm /etc/appsupport.conf.d/init/prepare-hook.d/61-gapps-for-appsupport.sh   # disable
  rm -rf /opt/gapps-for-appsupport                   # remove data

It works, I restored stock system.img and switched over :tada:

Although instead I would recommend pkcon install git and

git clone https://gist.github.com/cde72215adfe0898f12798989f9606d8.git gist-installgapps-mount.sh

Much easier to get updates with just git pull.

In theory, this current script revision should already be able to survive at least some level of AAS updates

  • fingerprints AAS image on install
  • only on fingerprint change, hook auto-refreshes system_ext contents on AAS start

We’ll see how well this works out in practice on the next SFOS update. Enjoy!

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