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After months of cursing my phone (MyTouch3g, old one, "B" type), I decided to try a new firmware/ROM as one last chance before I threw it in a river.
I have never done this before so I had to learn it all from scratch, I think I did it right...anyway I am now running CyanogenMod 5.0.8 Firmware 2.1
(p.s. I feel like i could take a final exam in computer science now...).
All is good, it is fast, pretty and has a few bells and whistles my old OEM rom didnt.
But, I dont have ANY APPS. Only camera, gallery, browser, messaging, contacts and dialer.
Obvioulsy Cyanogen can not include Google proprietary apps in its package.
I did install something that allowed me to sign into my Gmail account (Gapps-ds-ERE36B-signed.zip) so now I get new email notifications, and my contacts list is populated with my google contacts, but I have no "gmail" icon anywhere. I dont know how to open gmail!
So, how do I get all the basic apps back?
Here is what I need that I currently dont have:
Gmail (personal)
Email (or K9, once I have the market) (for work)
Android Market
Google Maps with Nav
Calendar
etc
If you can help me it would be greatly appreciated. Please dont assume I know anything. Just basic english would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
After months of cursing my phone (MyTouch3g, old one, "B" type), I decided to try a new firmware/ROM as one last chance before I threw it in a river.
I have never done this before so I had to learn it all from scratch, I think I did it right...anyway I am now running CyanogenMod 5.0.8 Firmware 2.1
(p.s. I feel like i could take a final exam in computer science now...).
All is good, it is fast, pretty and has a few bells and whistles my old OEM rom didnt.
But, I dont have ANY APPS. Only camera, gallery, browser, messaging, contacts and dialer.
Obvioulsy Cyanogen can not include Google proprietary apps in its package.
I did install something that allowed me to sign into my Gmail account (Gapps-ds-ERE36B-signed.zip) so now I get new email notifications, and my contacts list is populated with my google contacts, but I have no "gmail" icon anywhere. I dont know how to open gmail!
So, how do I get all the basic apps back?
Here is what I need that I currently dont have:
Gmail (personal)
Email (or K9, once I have the market) (for work)
Android Market
Google Maps with Nav
Calendar
etc
If you can help me it would be greatly appreciated. Please dont assume I know anything. Just basic english would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!