[Release notes] Tampella 5.0.0.73 - Early Access

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:green_circle: I’m live on A13, with injected MindTheGApps. Details at :down_arrow:

Overall, the process was pretty much the same as previous stock system.img updates, other than now installer script needing to update for MTG (since Open GApps project died).

AFAICT update process with a patched system.img is still

  • Settings > AAS: disable “Start on bootup”
  • Update to 5.0.0.73, stock system.img replaces ours
  • Re-patch with A13-compatible script version
  • Start AAS
  • devel-su appsupport-attach /system/bin/logcat to monitor for any unexpected crashes

At above post, I was made aware there’s another method some people are using: Google Apps changes can be live-mounted into AAS LXC. I haven’t tested this myself yet, but it seems like a solid way to avoid stock image patching busywork, so will probably look into it on one of the upcoming weekends. Based on what I’ve seen, it’s likely AAS will crash with missing permissions for Google services, and you will have to get updated permission schemas shipped one way or another.

Anyway, fortunately nothing insurmountable, and I’m already seeing a couple of great wins:

  • Google Wallet works
  • ChatGPT app works

Both previously failed due to various missing security mechanisms in A11 AAS, but whatever they missed, seems to be there now!

TBD how well good ol’ mobile data holds up between WIFI switches!

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