How To Flash Gapps Using TWRP Recovery (2022 Updated)

In this guide,e you will learn How to safely Install / Flash Gapps or Google Apps using TWRP recovery. This is only for TWRP recovery and not for Clockwork Mode a.k.a CWM recovery. Because TWRP is the most used custom recovery On Android. Now just follow the given steps to Flash Gapps via TWRP custom recovery

Gapp packs / Google App packs are needed on Android to run any Google applications like Gmail, Google+ and others. Most of the ROMS come only with the ROM files so we have to flash Gapps.Zip files separately. If you are Flashing custom ROMs like Lineage os then download Gapps compatible with those ROMs.

If your ROM comes with Google apps then you don’t have to Flash the Gapps again. But most of the clean ROMs like CyanogenMod or other AOSP ROMs don’t come with a Gapps pack so you have to Install / Flash Gapps using TWRP recovery.

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Download the right Gapp pack for your device

Download Gapps For Android 10 Custom ROMs Download Latest Gapps For Android Pie | Android 9.0 GApps Download Latest Gapps For Android Oreo | Android 8.0 GApps Download Latest Official Nougat Gapps (Android 7.0/7.1.1/7.1.2) Download Official GApps For Android Marshmallow 6.0 /6.0.1 Devices Download Android Lollipop 5.0 / 5.1/CM12.1 Google Apps (Gapps) Download Gapps For CM14 / CM14.1 / LineageOS ROMs

For CyanogenMod13 a.k.a CM13 ROMs -> How To Download & Install CyanogenMod 13 Gapps

Note: First Flash the ROM.Then Flash Gapps Pack.

How To Install / Flash Gapps using TWRP Recovery

Flash Gapps Using TWRP Recovery (2019 Updated)

  • Make Sure your device is rooted and you have a custom ROM and Recovery (TWRP) Installed.
How To Download & Install TWRP Recovery On Any Android
  • Download the Right Gapps pack from the download section above
  • Connect your device to PC and transfer the file to the internal memory of your device
  • Boot your device into TWRP Recovery
How To to Boot Into Recovery Mode On Android (Various Ways)
  • From TWRP main menu, tap on “Install” and select the Gapp .Zip file that you have downloaded with the ROM file

TWRP

  • After selecting the .zip file, do “Swipe to Confirm Flash” on the bottom of the screen to begin the Google Apps installation process. This may take some time.

TWRP Install section

  • Once done, reboot your device

Thats it.You have successfully flashed Google Apps or GApps on your Android device.

Dibyashree Sharma
Dibyashree Sharma
Dibyashree Sharma graduated in Computer Science from NIT Rourkela. For the past eight years, she has been blogging about Android, which she is really passionate about. She has built a good reputation as a reliable source. Away from the digital sphere, Dibyashree enjoys playing tennis, a sport she is as passionate about as she is about technology.

Comments (4)

  1. Hi, I have the sony xperia z2 with the lineage-18.1-20221212-nightly-sirius-signed and I need the pico gapps, which are the ones that don’t have anything that hardly take up but I can’t find them. Could you please help me

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